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# Canto Reviews
**Vendor:** Canto  
**Category:** [Digital Asset Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/digital-asset-management)  
**Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 1,816  
**AI Verified:** At least 10 G2 reviewers have confirmed using this product's AI features and functionality.
## About Canto
Canto is a comprehensive digital asset management (DAM) platform that helps organizations centrally manage, organize, and distribute digital content from creation through final delivery. It serves as a single source of truth for marketing, creative, brand, and product teams that need fast, reliable access to approved, channel-ready assets. Designed for scale, Canto supports 4,000+ global brands across industries including retail, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, education, and professional services. Teams use Canto to manage images, videos, documents, and product-related assets in one intuitive system—reducing content sprawl, eliminating version confusion, and improving cross-team collaboration. At its foundation, Canto is a unified DAM platform with optional DAM for Products functionality, enabling organizations to manage both brand assets and product-specific content in a single environment. This ensures that every team—across regions and channels—works from accurate, up-to-date content. Key capabilities include: Centralized Asset Library - Store, organize, and manage all digital assets in one searchable platform with permissions and governance controls. AI-Powered Search & Metadata - Quickly find assets using AI-driven visual search, auto-tagging, and metadata enrichment, including visually similar matches. Single Source of Truth for Brand & Product Content - Maintain consistent, approved assets across campaigns, channels, and markets with confidence. Brand Studio - Enable non-designers to create on-brand content using customizable templates—without design software or bottlenecks. Approval Hub - Streamline review and approval workflows, reduce feedback cycles, and accelerate content sign-off across stakeholders. Media Publisher - Publish images and videos directly to key channels, simplifying distribution and reducing manual steps. Canto is ideal for organizations that: - Manage large volumes of digital or product content - Need strong brand consistency across teams and regions - Want faster content creation, approval, and distribution - Require AI-driven search and automation to improve efficiency By combining asset management, AI automation, collaboration tools, and brand governance, Canto helps teams move content faster—without sacrificing accuracy or brand integrity.



## Canto Pros & Cons
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.

**What users like:**

- Users find Canto exceptionally **easy to use** , benefiting from its intuitive interface and efficient organization tools. (154 reviews)
- Users praise **efficient asset management** with Canto, enjoying centralized organization and ease of use across teams. (123 reviews)
- Users value the **easy file sharing** capabilities of Canto, enhancing collaboration and organization across platforms. (79 reviews)
- Users value the **ease of sharing** with Canto, allowing seamless access and collaboration within teams and clients. (77 reviews)
- Users enjoy the **efficient search functionality** of Canto, enhancing organization and saving valuable time on projects. (73 reviews)
- Users love Canto's **easy search functionality** , making finding images quick and efficient with intuitive navigation. (67 reviews)
- Easy Organization (58 reviews)
- Content Management (57 reviews)
- Intuitive (57 reviews)
- Ease of Finding (52 reviews)

**What users dislike:**

- Users struggle with **search difficulties** in Canto, finding it frustrating and inefficient to locate visual content quickly. (29 reviews)
- Users find the **search functionality clunky** , making it hard to locate specific content efficiently in Canto. (28 reviews)
- Users are disappointed by **missing features** , including lack of thumbnails and unexpected fees complicating their experience. (27 reviews)
- Users find the **folder and album setup cumbersome** , preferring a more traditional organization method for easier access. (25 reviews)
- Users find Canto has **limited flexibility** in metadata editing, interface customization, and asset uploading functionalities. (25 reviews)
- Users report **slow performance** in Canto, including lag during uploads and issues with AI image recognition. (25 reviews)
- Users find **folder management challenging** , citing issues with organization and the difficulty of downloading multiple files. (23 reviews)
- Users find a **steep learning curve** with Canto's complex features, but training helps improve familiarity over time. (23 reviews)
- Search Issues (23 reviews)
- Users find the **poor interface design** of Canto frustrating, leading to complications in usability and accessibility. (22 reviews)

## Canto Reviews
  ### 1. DAM Satisfaction

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Monique B. | Content Strategist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2023

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

Being an admin of my employer's Canto account, I'd like to think I'm conscience of the tool as I'm always engaging and involved with the platform. Recently, I logged in and discovered several features were no longer listed in their previous locations. I realized there was a call out box detailing the availability of App Switcher. With a simple click in a new location, I was able to continue my task. I appreciate Canto's ability to keep users informed while upgrading and enhancing the tool. In my opinion, staying informed amidst a consistent enhancement makes for a definite return-user and an improved user engagement.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I have not ever experienced a disconnect or disliking for Canto. Canto offers its users news articles providing platform updates, ongoing enhancements, remarkable online tutorials and a proficient Customer Support team. In addition, users are able to find, organize and share their assets all seamlessly within and outside of the platform. It's all simple and fast. What is there to dislike?

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto provides a one-stop location for maintaining proper digital asset management. Providing a secure and safe digital space is key to the trust of the institution's staff, faculty and students as well as the ongoing and increasing population that relies on us. Having a DAM that operates efficiently offers an improved, reliable and seamless workflow for my team of digital strategists.

**Official Response from Maeghan Durbin:**

> Hi Monique- First of all we want to say thank you for being part of the Canto family for 4 years. Your loyalty means so much to us as our customers are truly the backbone of our company. We’re so happy to hear that our platform has allowed your team to take control of its digital content and has improved your workflows. Thanks so much again! 
-Maeghan

  ### 2. Simple, User-Friendly Platform That Global Teams Adopt Quickly

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Dave S. | Communications Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

The platform is fairly simple and user-friendly. Creating folders and albums, once you are familiar with the system is straightforward. The registration process is simple and all of my global users have picked it up quickly.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The AI search still needs work. No matter how I refine queries, I still get unrelated content in my results. A search for a specific place, a country, can still come back with images that are obviously not correct. The uploads link process has a major drawback in that it doesn't provide a menu of registered users to select. It's very time-consuming to input first name, last name and email address for every user I send a link to - which can be links to multiple albums in the same folder - but still require a separate uplink created for every album, rather than simply allowing the user to choose the album within that folder. Very time-consuming to create so many links in that fashion.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Having a web platform that all users in our org can access for all content - with a search option to help track down assets, is very helpful and a huge upgrade over past systems used.

  ### 3. AI Search and Event Links Make Photo Sharing Fast and Effortless

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jenny T. | Senior Brand & Creative Strategist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I love the AI search feature, which makes it so much quicker to search for photos I need. I also like how we can set up event links to share in event programs, so people can find event photos that would otherwise not reach the student/audience. I also like how we can set upload permissions for our freelance photographers to upload their photos, streamlining the process of receiving and posting them.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I found the onboarding and training process to be much longer and more repetitive than necessary. Canto Academy provided a strong foundation for learning the platform, but many of the follow-up meetings covered the same information we had already completed through the Academy.

The number and length of the meetings also felt excessive for a platform that is very user-friendly and intuitive. At times, the facilitation added to the repetition. We were frequently asked if we had questions, and even after indicating that we did not, the same information or question would sometimes be repeated. This made the sessions feel unnecessarily drawn out and, at times, the facilitator seemed impatient with the process.

I understand that some users may benefit from a more hands-on onboarding experience, but a one-size-fits-all approach may not be the most effective. For users who are comfortable with technology and able to learn independently through Canto Academy, I would recommend using the first meeting to assess how much additional support is actually needed. From there, follow-up meetings could be scheduled as needed to address specific questions or areas where additional guidance would be helpful.

A more flexible onboarding process based on the user's experience and comfort level would make the training more efficient while still providing additional support for those who need it.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

File organization and distribution to internal and external clients.

  ### 4. Custom Curated Links and Helpful Portals for Sharing Product Info

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Lindsey C. | Senior Brand Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2026

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

For me, it is the ability to custom curated links of materials. Also, the portals have been really helpful in spoon feeding our dealers information on certain products.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I'm a visual person, so not having images on the folders is a bummer. Also, when in a portal, you have to link to files and those don't automatically get a thumbnail image. I have to go searching for the assets.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I'm just barely into Canto for a year so not much has changed since I've started using it. Looking forward to the new library experience when that goes live though.

  ### 5. Canto is awesome!

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Kevin I. | Senior Digital Content Associate, Civic & Social Organization, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2025

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

Love how Canto easily allows you to customize how the DAM products works. This platform has made organizing our content so seamless.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Not much to dislike! Canto has been a great product for our organization.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Organizing content using meta tagging, which has made finding content so much easier for us. This has been a major issue in the past, but with Canto, it's as simple as describing what you want and it pops up!

  ### 6. Canto has been a great tool for my company

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Russell P. | Senior Multimedia Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2026

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

Canto is very user friendly and the search featurers makes it so easy to find images

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Wish it had a little bit more control over resistions on images

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Searching and sharing assets with coworkers

  ### 7. Intuitive Asset Management with Stellar Support

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ann M. F. | Digital Asset Management and Licensing Resource, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** May 07, 2025

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like that Canto was easy to move to from another platform, which was a big relief. It's intuitive to use, which increased adoption within our team, and it's great that our team can share files securely. Having all our files in one place makes it easy to locate and store them for various clients and needs. Most of our staff can use it as a self-service option, which is super convenient. The support team is outstanding, always available and ready to assist, even for unusual use cases.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Our implementation took longer than expected in the vetting and sales process. Some of our use cases, like managing expirations, are not set up in the primary system, though the team helped us find a workaround. We also had issues with duplicate files that resulted in a complete reupload/migration. The sales team advised we could move in 90 days, and when that did not happen, we had to manage and pay for two platforms longer than expected/planned for.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I use Canto for secure access to files, managing expirations, and archival storage. It was easy to switch platforms, is intuitive, and offers secure sharing. The ease of locating and storing files allows for self-service access for the staff.

  ### 8. Easy Organization with Folders, Albums, and Fast Search

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Deb D. | Production Artist / Marketing, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like how you can create numerous folders and albums within the app to keep everything organized, and how you can simply type in whatever you need to quickly find what you’re looking for.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

When I upload something, it always goes straight to the bottom of the album. I really wish there was a way to add new files under a specific section within the album instead of having them drop to the end every time. Also, it used to warn me when a file had the same name and ask whether I wanted to upload it as a new file or replace the existing one. It doesn’t do that anymore, and it’s really slowing me down because I have to manually delete the existing files.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It’s a great way to keep all our files organized in the same place, and it also makes it easy to share everything with the whole team. We all know where things should live, and as a production artist, having access to it all helps a lot. Sometimes I’m given less-than-ideal image options to work with, but being able to jump back into Canto and search for something better really gets the ball rolling.

  ### 9. A game changer for our organization

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Madeline V. | Digital asset Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2025

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

Canto DAM has truly been a game changer for our organization. From the moment we implemented this digital asset management system, we noticed a significant improvement in how we handle our digital assets. The AI tools are particularly impressive, streamlining our search processes and enabling us to quickly find the assets we need, The custom portals have enhanced collaboration across teams, allowing for tailored access to specific assets based on individual project needs. We also love the upload links feature, making it effortless to gather and manage incoming files from various sources. Additionally, the ability to easily assign files to folders and albums has transformed our organizational workflow. This functionality not only keeps our assets organized, but also fosters a more efficient and productive environment. I highly recommend this DAM system to any organization looking to optimize their digital assets.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

While we have greatly benefited from Canto DAM. One aspect we find lacking is the inability to batch edit file names. A dedicated rename function for multiple files does not currently exist, and having this feature would significantly enhance our efficiency, especially when managing large volumes of assets.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto enhances our workflow by providing a streamlined process for accessing and sharing digital assets. Users can easily manage and organize their files, which helps maintain order and accessibility across the board.

**Official Response from Julie Neumeister:**

> Hi Madeline — thanks for your thoughtful review! We’re thrilled to hear how much Canto has improved your workflow, from custom portals to upload links. It’s great to know these features are making collaboration and asset management easier for your team. We appreciate your feedback on batch renaming and understand how valuable that would be for efficiency. We’ll share this with our team as we continue improving the platform. Let us know if there’s anything else we can do to support you!

  ### 10. A flexible DAM that makes asset management easier

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Aaron S. | Digital Asset Management Administrator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

What I like most about Canto is the combination of ease of use and flexibility. The UI is intuitive for both DAM administrators and everyday users, which has made adoption much easier across our organization. I can organize assets, manage metadata and permissions, and create customized portals for different teams without making the system feel overly complicated.<br><br>The integrations and dynamic template capabilities have also helped us streamline our creative workflows and reduce the number of steps required to get content into the hands of our teams. One of the biggest benefits has been Brand Studio and the ability to create a branded, self-service experience where users can find and customize the assets they need without relying on our creative team for every request.<br><br>From an ROI perspective, Canto has helped us consolidate our asset management workflows while giving our teams more independence. I’m also interested in how Canto’s AI capabilities can further improve asset discovery, tagging, and organization as we continue to expand our use of the platform.<br><br>I also want to give a huge shoutout to the Canto onboarding and support teams. They have been instrumental in helping us get set up and have been incredibly responsive when issues arise. Having a support team that is knowledgeable, accessible, and quick to help has made a big difference throughout our implementation and ongoing use of the platform.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

There isn’t much I dislike about Canto overall. If I had to identify an area for improvement, I think the organizational UI could be a little more intuitive, particularly when managing a large number of assets, folders, and workspaces. As a DAM administrator working with a large enterprise library, having even more flexibility and efficiency in how content is organized and managed would be helpful.<br><br>That said, this is more of an opportunity for improvement than a major issue. Overall, Canto has been a very positive experience for us and has met our needs well.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto is helping us solve several challenges around managing, organizing, and distributing our digital assets across a large organization. Before Canto, it was more difficult for teams to quickly find the right assets and get access to the content they needed. Canto has given us a centralized source of truth while allowing us to create customized portals and workspaces for different teams and use cases.<br><br>It has also helped us move toward a more self-service model. Instead of relying on our DAM or creative teams for every asset request, users can find what they need, access approved content, and in many cases create or customize materials themselves through Brand Studio and dynamic templates. This has reduced friction in our workflows and allows our creative and marketing teams to spend more time on higher-value work.<br><br>From my perspective as the DAM administrator, Canto has also made it easier to manage the library, control access, maintain organization, and support our users. Overall, it has helped us create a more scalable DAM environment that can grow with our organization.

  ### 11. Efficient Asset Management with Intuitive Integration

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Angelique B. | Content Manager/Digital Librarian, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2023

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I use Canto to house, organize, and share assets for a nonprofit organization. I like how Canto has made it much easier to keep track of assets and relate them to each other, especially when revisions are needed. Replacing an old version of a file with a new one is very straightforward. The speed at which I can find content by tagging assets and using the filtering tool has been very helpful. I like the ability to share assets and relate them as well. The Canto plus WordPress integration is particularly valuable to me because it automatically adds new versions to WordPress when updated in Canto, saving a great deal of time. The initial setup was easy, and the tutorials before launch were very helpful.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I would like to be able to have an additional field within the filter section that would allow me to select 'not related'. I deal with thousands of files, and each file has at least one file that it is related to. If I miss relating some files, it would be nice to use a filter to find the files that have not been given relationships instead of having to sift through so many assets. It would also be nice to see if a share link has been created for a file when looking at the file's information page. I would also like a more user-friendly tool for the creation of portals. The portal creator is not intuitive. It takes me a while to figure out what I am doing.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto makes it easier to track and relate assets, and quickly find content with tagging and filtering. It saves time by automatically updating WordPress with new file versions. Sharing and organizing assets are streamlined, helping with revisions and organization.

**Official Response from Maeghan Durbin:**

> Hi Angelique! 
We always appreciate positive reviews and are so happy to hear that your team has been able to get the maximum value from our platform. Ensuring our customers feel supported through our customer service is extremely important to us here at Canto. Thank you for being a valued customer and reminding us why we do what we do! 
Best regards, 
Maeghan

  ### 12. Canto Streamlines Asset Sharing Despite Integration Hurdles

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Kelly D. | Marketing Operations Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2026

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I use Canto as a digital asset tool for my organization, and it really helps us by allowing our entire organization to see images, graphics, and access marketing materials that were previously siloed to just the marketing team. Now, we can share it with everyone. The portals are a very cool way to share assets with both external people and internally with the team. Sharing brand materials with other organizations and images internally with teams has become easier. The initial setup of Canto was easy too.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I don't like the workspaces and integrations. They don't work for us. I also don't like how unless you purchase more user seats consumers can't access workspaces or out of the infinite number of consumers we CAN have we CAN'T reduce that number to allow for more power seat users to use those features without paying more. It kind of sucks that in order to let users have access to features they need to be a power seat user and pay more.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto allows our entire organization to access images and marketing materials, breaking down silos. The portals are a cool way to share assets internally and with external parties, making sharing brand materials effortless.

  ### 13. Streamlined Asset Management, Needs AI Refinement

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Elijah H. | Marketing Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** October 22, 2025

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I use Canto as a digital asset manager to store thousands of photo assets. I like that it puts all of our photos into one, easily accessible space. It allows us to create view and download-only portfolios so that other people within our organization can access and download photos without having to be full administrators. The ability to tag photos with keywords and reliably search those keywords to get correct results is great. Other platforms had tagging abilities that didn’t work properly when searched, so Canto's consistent organization through tagging is a big help. It's a reliable way to sort and arrange photos by type, content, and use, which is especially valuable given we have thousands of images uploaded by various people.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The AI search function still leaves something to be desired. I like the idea of being able to search for 'a person with a red backpack' but in reality, it seldom actually functions well in that use. It just needs more reliable, relevant results. When I search for 'a person in a red backpack' I need only images to come up that include red backpacks - in reality, this is never the case. I am better off searching through with our manually input keywords and searching manually for images with red backpacks. The initial setup was a little rough and clunky with multiple issues getting permissions to work correctly for our different administrators on the account.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto centralizes our photos into one space, making them easily accessible. It allows for portfolio sharing without full admin access and reliable keyword tagging for sorting and searching thousands of photos. This consistency is valuable across multiple users.

  ### 14. Decent Entry-Level DAM, Needs Intuitive UX

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Tiffany C. | Marketing Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2026

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I leverage Canto for asset storage and organization, from brand elements to photo and video work. I appreciate that it creates a centralized repository for the internal team to access and share easily. It is easy to organize, tag, and curate elements. Canto has various permission levels that make it easy to involve the full team with the right level of access. I find the tagging fairly intuitive, helping make search and discovery easy and intuitive. It also keeps our assets safe by ensuring only certain people can delete.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Canto has a rougher interface than other DAM tools and a lot of the new functions are add-ons vs baked into the core experience.  It did not have as frictionless onboarding and set-up as other tools.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto creates a centralized repository for assets, making it easy to organize, tag, and curate elements. It enhances security with various permission levels, facilitating safe access and intuitive tagging for easy search and discovery.

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> Hi Tiffany, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback here. We’re glad Canto is helping your team keep everything organized and easy to access.

We appreciate the honest feedback on the interface and onboarding as well. That kind of input is helpful as we continue building on the New Library Experience. If you haven’t tried it out yet, we encourage you to and share any feedback with your Canto account team.

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts! - Reagan

  ### 15. Canto is an outstanding DAM solution

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Daniel C. | Creative Director, Education Management, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2021

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

The auto-tagging, facial recognition, and advanced search feature really make it easy to use Canto to its full potential. They have been invaluable in helping our organization use our time and assets efficiently.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The only negative I can say about Canto is that it is a bit higher on the price scale when compared to its competitors. However, it is essential to remember that you get what you pay for!

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

When we first started looking for a DAM solution, we were on multiple platforms (Google Drive, Dropbox, Internal S: Drive) and it was a pain to try to find anything! With Canto, we have been able to not only streamline the process, but enhance it with intuitive tools.

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  ### 16. Intuitive, Cost-Effective, and Thoroughly Supported—Canto Delivers

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Tiffany L. | Vice President of Marketing &amp; Communications, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

Canto is very intuitive and easy to use. Our team isn't super technically savvy, so it's important that folks can use it. I also really appreciate the SharePoint integration as it made moving all of our content over very efficient. Canto was also one of the most cost-effective solutions that we evaluated, and the onboarding is super thorough. It's great having weekly calls to make sure we stay on track.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I really can't think of anything I dislike about Canto. It really does exactly what it says it does.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Our organization uses SharePoint, but it can only be used internally. Our marketing team uses external consultants so we also had a Dropbox. There were a lot of duplications of efforts and it wasn't very efficient. Now we have a quick and easy way to share collateral with graphic designers and consultants.

  ### 17. Designed to find everything we need in 3 clicks or less!

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jacquelyn S. | Senior Director of Marketing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I love the ability to create custom filters so we can organize all our documentation and find everything in the least amount of clicks possible.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I think the emphasis on visual search features makes companies like ours feel like an after thought sometimes. We have mostly excel type files we share and we cannot search them as thoroughly and they are not live editable.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We have thousands of files that have to be sorted out by client and type of file, so the custom filter feature has helped us greatly to make it easier for our team to click and find what they are looking for without searching and/or sifting through 100's of documents at a time.

  ### 18. Streamlined Media Management with Cutting-Edge Features

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I use Canto for a variety of work tasks like sorting and uploading pictures, maintaining our library, and standardizing cropping, downloads, tagging, and naming. I really like all the functionalities it offers, especially how clean and organized it is, along with its flexibility with different formats. My top favorite features are the face detection and new AI features, which make my workload a lot easier. The face detection feature, in particular, is great because it makes it so easy to find specific people and photos. Canto's ability to detect objects like trees and water also stands out for me. Plus, the initial setup was super easy, definitely a 10/10 and something I would recommend to others.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I would like more enhancement of the AI features, particularly detection of objects in images. Sometimes typing "car" or "bus" doesn't necessarily identify every image where a car or bus is. That's one example of an issue that I have faced a few times. But I have seen lots of improvements in the time I've used Canto.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto solves organization and centralizes our materials. It simplifies sorting, uploading, and maintaining our library with standardized processes. The AI features, like face detection, make finding people and objects much easier, though I wish object detection was more precise. Overall, it significantly eases my workload.

  ### 19. Canto Makes Team Collaboration and AI Search Effortless

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

There are many aspects of Canto that I appreciate in my work. I love how our whole team can collaborate. Even team members who don't have a seat can upload photos or view photos through share links. Also, the AI search feature has been a powerful tool for us this year.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The filter search doesn't always work like I hope. Also when I click on an image to view it, a side panel with information comes up, but I have a couple of frustrations with it. 1, that view does not include all of the form fields I'd like to see. 2. Often, when I scroll down to view a lower field like facial recognition, it jumps to the full screen info panel, when I did not want it to do that. When I'm trying to do this with multiple images consecutively, it can be time consuming and frustrating.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Before Canto, we had our digital files stored in various locations and across different team members' devices. Having all of our assets in one place has been so helpful!

  ### 20. Useful for Content Organization, but Setup Challenges

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like the tagging and facial recognition features in Canto. The AI works fairly well.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The facial recognition process is a little more complicated to use than Google Photos. It can’t do facial recognition well from video, which is annoying when video is the only content I have of that person. The initial uploading process was pretty rough, with crashes partway through, requiring restarts. The setup was not easy with initial uploading failing multiple times and needing a lot of Canto support.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I use Canto for storing, organizing, and sharing photos and videos. It helps me organize and find content more easily, maximizing existing content.

  ### 21. Powerful Search, Strong Governance, Room to Grow

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

My favorite thing about Canto is that it helps us get more value from the content we already have. The AI search makes finding photos dramatically faster, the metadata helps keep content organized and searchable, and the platform makes it easier to give staff access to more of our library while still clearly identifying what is ready to use. The Adobe integrations, built-in governance around permissions, and expiration dates are also benefits for our team.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

My biggest frustrations with Canto are the occasional bugs in the Adobe integrations and the fact that there are multiple integration options for the same application rather than one solution that does everything well. I'd also like more customization options in several areas of the platform. I've submitted a number of feature requests and would love to see admins have greater flexibility to tailor the system to their organization's needs.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto is solving the problem of having a large media library that was difficult to search, manage, and fully utilize. For our team, that means faster access to the right content, better visibility into what we already have, stronger governance around usage rights and permissions, and less time spent hunting for assets or fulfilling photo requests. The result is more time for storytelling, creative work, and brand stewardship.

  ### 22. Helpful Onboarding and Easy Custom Metadata Tagging

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Amy G. | Marketing Project Manager, Marketing and Advertising, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

The onboarding support has been helpful, and I appreciate the suggestions for best practices. It’s also easy to create custom metadata and tag assets in a straightforward way.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Some basic user actions still seem to be missing, like a “Deselect All” option. It’s also not very clear how to move assets between albums, instead of only copying them. And while I’m excited about the new look and features, the “switch to new library” messaging should be optional and not sit on the screen all the time. Overall, it still feels very buggy, and it doesn’t stay in the new interface once the Escape key is pressed.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We have photography from over 150 locations, and Canto is helping us organize those photos and clearly tag each location so everything is easier to find. Also, Canto is allowing us to remove our assets fro SharePoint, which is very unhelpful as a DAM.

  ### 23. Easy to Use, Fast Uploads and Downloads

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** David S. | head photographer/videographer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2026

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

It’s very easy to use and navigate, and both uploading and downloading are very fast!

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Downloading in batches doesn't seem to work well for me, but it might be user issues. Really have no dislikes though.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We mainly use it to work among teams and as our archival system, so its been a joy.

  ### 24. Intuitive, Fast to Learn, and AI Search Makes Finding Assets Effortless

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Adam H. | Digital Marketing Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I believe Canto is very intuitive and quick to learn. Searching across multiple folders has been very easy with the use of newer AI features. Also, the accessibility of customizing how you download assets is extremely helpful for us.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

There isn't much I dislike. I think editing more than a handful of data at a time is a little more difficult. For example, if I need to batch edit certain folders to update metadata.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto is offering a more user-friendly platform for our customers to access our assets. It also provides one location to access our assets across multiple brands instead of using several sites to do the same thing.

  ### 25. Intuitive, Uncluttered UI That Makes Asset Organization Effortless

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

Canto's organizational system is so intuitive and the UI layout is clear, uncluttered, and extremely easy to navigate. It was very easy to learn with a minimal learning curve and is easy to teach other teams how to navigate.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I think the search ability feature could be a bit more improved - I would also love to see some features that make sharing assets with non-Canto users a bit more seamless. Sometimes it can be difficult to share assets or download if you are not already familiar with the platform.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto is the universal asset place for everyone on my team, helping us stay connected and organized and preventing us from working in silos. It is our all-in-one place for all assets that we use for social media, website, retailers, OOH signage, email, etc. It is where the history of our brand lives.

  ### 26. Streamlined Workflow with Customizable Approval Paths

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Norbert B. | Senior Product Designer, Furniture, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 08, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I love how Canto brings scattered project materials under one governed roof, making them accessible across the practice. It helps maintain a single repository for drawing sets, site imagery, method statements, and compliance records, ensuring everyone works from the current version. I appreciate the workflow customization, allowing me to shape approval paths around our actual governance reviews. The style guide function is particularly valuable for maintaining a consistent standard across concurrent workstreams. It handles a wide range of formats, from survey photography to technical documentation, and uploads are quick. The interface is user-friendly and doesn't hinder my work, even during tasks like preparing an audit file.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The main area I would like to see refined is the interface itself, where certain conventions call for a period of adjustment and the sheer breadth of features can obscure the most direct path to a given task, particularly when a new discipline lead is finding their footing in the system.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto ends the scattering of project material, bringing everything under one roof so leads always work from the current versions. It supports approval paths and holds documentation to standards, speeding uploads without compromising processes.

  ### 27. Easy to Use, Highly Secure Solution with Perfect Setup

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Peer Assistant-BSSC, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like that Canto is easy to use and secure, which is super important for reviewing and keeping pictures from the Brock community confidential and ready for use. I also appreciate the folders feature for storing pictures for later use, which keeps everything organized. The initial setup was perfect, and using Canto with Canva makes my workflow even smoother.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I cannot think of anything that I dislike.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I use Canto for a safe and secure space to keep pictures confidential and ready for use. It's easy to use and secure, making it ideal for storing pictures for later use in folders.

  ### 28. Clean, Fast, and Shareable Catalog That Keeps All File Types Organized

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like that it's a clean UI that integrates all file types into a visually indexable catalog for my team to navigate. It pairs with Adobe products, and is easy to share living links to folders internally and externally with speedy load times and all around accessible web based systems.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

There are times when the options for organization actually can lead to organizational missmatch. Because onboarding tiers are part of the pricing scheme, for a smaller firm we are required to self-onboard from the only seat that was present in the Canto-led onboarding.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto is uniting our separate systems for file sharing, management, and versioning into one watering hole across several internal and external teams, letting us only manage from one place and not need to be dipping into and paying for several others at once.

  ### 29. A Cost-Effective Solution for Multiple Business Needs

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ivan G. | Marketing Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

Portals is a great feature and it’s easy to manage users, user groups, and content. We’ve built almost 20 portals for different audiences, both internal and external. Version control is important to us, and we use Canto links to add documents like brochures, spec sheets, and similar files to our website, so we only need to update a single file in Canto. Upload links are also very useful for collecting content from different sources and getting it into Canto.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Smart tags could definitely be improved. It would help if there were a way to feed the AI references, instructions, and guidelines up front so the functionality is more accurate and consistent. With our products, smart tags have mostly been a miss so far, and it would be nice to fully automate tagging instead of relying on manual input.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Centralizing and standardizing access to all approved documents and assets is a major priority for us. Because our business has not been fully integrated yet, having one consistent place to find the right materials is key. Before Canto, documents and assets were scattered across multiple Sharepoint sites and hard drives, which made it difficult to know what was current and approved.

Another important area is process optimization: approving, releasing, and updating content with stakeholders across various teams. Strong version control matters a lot here, so everyone is working from the latest, correct files.

Finally, the portals are valuable for serving different types of users and consumers, both internal and external, depending on what they need access to.

  ### 30. Centralized Media Storage with Powerful Organization

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

Canto allows our teams to work cohesively with our media, ensuring everyone has access to the most recent files for the best success. Not to mention the easy-to-use portals have become invaluable to us what started as a small benefit, quickly became widely used not only by our team, but to our outside members as well. Oh and the customer service could not be better! Everyone I've worked with at canto has been fast to respond, considerate, and all-around helpful.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The cost is high, but the features they offer make it hard to argue.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Collaborative workspaces are hard to come by, and this works fantastically. With more employees being remote or with bended schedules, its important to stay on the same page whether we're in the same building or across the globe.

  ### 31. Easy External File Sharing with Live-Updating Share Links

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Lindsey G. | Marketing Content &amp; Design Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like that our Teams can share files with people outside of our organization and update Share Links live without having to resend a new link.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

We have a company overview presentation that gets updated almost weekly and our sales team has to check their notifications often to see if there is a new version of the presentation to download.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto gives us an asset management tool that is separate from our common SharePoint site allowing us to store all of our finished assets and marketing tools in one spot without employees having access to unfinished/working files.

  ### 32. Huge, Searchable Asset Library That Empowers Sales Reps

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Michael G. | Director of Marketing, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

It’s been really helpful to give our sales reps access to a large library of assets that they can easily search by keyword and quickly share with clients when needed.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

My main issue is creating share links. It’s the one feature I really wish worked more like Dropbox. Also, there are quite a few functions and features included that we don’t really need, or that we’re not sure what they’re for.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto gives our sales reps easy access to a large library of assets they wouldn’t normally be able to reach while on the road visiting customers.

  ### 33. User-Friendly Portal with Powerful Duplicate Detection and Asset Versioning

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

The portal interface is very user friendly! Duplicate detection and asset versioning are very useful for us!

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

We wish there was a better way to separate teams within our organization that share the same library. RIght now, all the teams within our org share the same library, but we all have very different use-cases for the library, so there are additional considerations we need to make. It'd be ideal to have separated library spaces, where we could control the settings within our team's library without affecting the settings of another team. 
Also, there are too many clicks when downloading from the main library. I wish we could change it to a one-click download.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It's organizing all of our team's image assets, which helps us stay efficient in our video production

  ### 34. Great integrations and support, but a busy UI and occasional loading glitches

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like the visual layout and the filtering options. However, the UI/UX can sometimes feel visually overwhelming. I also like the integration options—we’ve been able to connect it to Adobe and Canva tools for faster workflows.

Performance is okay overall, but it can be glitchy at times. The filtering can also be confusing, and images loading and reloading sometimes makes it difficult to navigate content smoothly.

The pricing/ROI seems fine overall. We use it as our enterprise tool, and I like that there are a lot of different ways to use it, such as creating small websites or landing pages. Support has been great as well; I’ve had team members call in and get help in a timely manner.

As for the AI intelligence, it’s great for tagging images so they’re easier to search for and navigate.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The navigation and loading can be glitchy at times, which makes using the app challenging sometimes. The UI also feels very busy, in my opinion, and that can make it harder to find what I’m looking for.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It’s helping us solve the challenge of housing our photo library, brand assets, and other content in one place. It’s also easy to share internally across our cross-functional teams, as well as with external partners.

  ### 35. Canto Keeps Our Marketing & Brand Assets Organized and Easy to Find

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

What I like best about Canto is that everything is organized and easy to search through. We have both a folder for marketing stock and brand assets, and I do not have to spend too much time finding exactly what I need.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The one thing I dislike is that a lot of our content is outdated. However, this is not at fault of the software, this is a my entity problem.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Often I am creating a graphic or visual post and need content for it that I do not have myself or don't have time to go out and shoot myself. Canto is a ready-to-use, university-specific database of images and assets that save me so much time when I need to put something together on deadline.

  ### 36. The Adobe Integrations Save Designers Time

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

The Adobe integrations have been most helpful when creating content. I also appreciate the ability to safely create and share links of specific content with certain parties.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The load speed has been consistently troublesome. Instead of uploading content and leaving it, I return to see that several uploads failed and I have to restart, or it's so slow that hardly any progress is made at all. I have to then upload a handful of photos at a time, check back, and when it's complete, I return to upload more. When dealing with hundreds of photos, it gets old!

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It is providing an archive for our digital content. This allows us to avoid adding thousands of photos into a Google Drive.

  ### 37. Centralized Asset Hub with Seamless Canva Integration

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Nate H. | Director of Content Strategy, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2024

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like using Canto to centralize all our photo media assets, making it a convenient hub for our marketing team and others in our company. I appreciate the integration with Canva, which enhances my workflow processes. The ability to create small galleries using custom links is also valuable as it allows me to share reference images or selects with people, making it easier for those often looking for something specific.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I think the new library still feels like a work in progress. It is a good improvement, but with any large new update there is a learning curve while also some aspects like search and structure seem to still have some bugs at times. Sometimes previews jump out of order as I scroll through my galleries and the results that are sourced in a search may highlight older images first.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I use Canto to centralize our photo media assets, making it a hub for both marketing and the entire company to access. It enhances workflow by enabling easy sharing of reference images and integrates well with Canva.

  ### 38. Canto Made Our DAM Smarter: SSO, AI Search, and Top-Notch Support

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Eugene P. | Production Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

Canto was a great improvement from our previous DAM. We are able to integrate with SSO login, performing AI searching, and upload non-photo assets. The onboarding and support we received was top notch and helped understand the platform. The interface is also user-friendly and easily navigable.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Currently, my interface always defaults to the "Classic Library" when I want to view the "New Library" look. Is there any way to prevent me from viewing the Library in Classic View?

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Albums are easily shareable with clients.

  ### 39. Great Customization and Helpful Support for Ticketing

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Digital Media Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like the range of customization and support team when creating tickets and the FAQ site is useful overall.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I don't like the search function. Comparing to the Google search bar, they have an option to "X" your old search and start fresh. Canto does NOT refresh the search bar, it adds your new search to your old search. I have to refresh the entire sites to start fresh.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I am able to combine all brands into 1 DAM compared to having multiple DAMs across multiple brands.

  ### 40. Sharp Search and Customization for Asset Management

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** February 12, 2026

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like the search functionality a lot! It's so detailed and feels like doing a Google search through our entire photo library. I also like the capability to customize the fields that appear on each asset, as well as the fields required for uploading.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I wish that the quality of assets wasn't compromised in the preview screen, which can make it hard to know the true quality until you download it. I also wish it was easier for non-admins to edit their metadata after uploading to a portal.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto organizes our photo storage, resolving unorganized dumps in SharePoint and improving credit tracking, rights management, and searchability.

  ### 41. Easy Sharing and Portals, But Bulk Library Changes Are Tough

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Katie W. | Brand Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

It’s easy to share images, organize files, and create portals.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

If your library is disorganized and you need to make sweeping changes, it can be difficult to apply those updates in bulk.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It’s helping us maintain a repository of images that we can easily share with both internal and external stakeholders. It also makes it easier to view our assets in one place, so we can take stock of what we already have and what we still need to create.

  ### 42. Unintuitive Sharing Functions Limit Potential

**Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I love that Canto shows the metadata on the right side and allows for searching by metadata. This lets me search for approved or pending videos, type of video, content, or by country, which helps because we have videos and photos from different countries. It's usually pretty specific to what I'm looking for. I also like that you can write a little blurb about the photos and videos to read what the uploader writes.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Sharing videos and collections in Canto is really difficult and unintuitive. It's hard to find where to share, and creating collections is a cumbersome process with too many steps. It doesn't just give you a straightforward URL link to share, instead you have to deal with emails and if the other person isn't on Canto, it becomes a huge hassle. On top of that, there's a buggy issue when adding metadata text where it's challenging to highlight all text at once without it getting cut off, and although I raised this six months ago, it still hasn't been fixed. Overall, nothing seems to change or improve, even though I've provided feedback multiple times over almost a year. It's frustrating and makes me feel like if it were my decision, we wouldn't use Canto due to the numerous issues and lack of progress.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto helps me find the correct videos and photos for editing from thousands of assets. It lets me filter using metadata like type, content, and location, streamlining my search process.

  ### 43. A Centralized, Flexible Asset Hub with Fast Search and Secure Portals

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Media Production | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

It's a centralized hub for sharing logos, promotional assets, and brand and style guides across our media organization.
Canto gives us backend flexibility to customize attributes while keeping frontend labels simple for our users. Features like bulk editing and approval statuses allow us to manage digital rights and review metrics efficiently without cluttering the user interface.
The combination of natural language visual search and automated metadata suggestions helps staff find what they need in seconds rather than wasting time hunting through drivers and folders.
Canto Portals allow us to share curated media kits and asset collections securely with external partners, contractors, and internal groups without giving them full access to our internal backend environment.
User-friendly training tools and responsive support make bringing new teams into Canto straightforward as we build one unified library.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

There isn't native batch-renaming tool for actual file names inside the interface. Additionally, while custom fields work well inside Canto, exporting assets back out can sometimes drop specialized structured metadata fields instead of writing them back to the IPTC file data.
Canto's reporting cannot track internal metadata like departments or project units. This makes it difficult to measure adoption rates by team, showcase cross-functional wins, or spot where specific groups need extra support - and this item was added to Canto's feature request list for future product updates.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are expanding Canto across our organization and working on integrations with project management tools like Airtable to establish and leverage a single source of truth for digital media.
Canto allows us to better mitigate copyright and legal liabilities.
Centralization of assets helps ensure internal teams and external partners use approved, accessible brand elements.
AI-assisted visual search and tagging, makes media instantly discoverable using natural language search - saving time and reducing frustration.

  ### 44. Intuitive, Fast, and Highly Customizable Workflows with Canto

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2026

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

Canto makes it easy to customize your workflows, accommodates many different infrastructure types, and is quite user friendly. Upload speeds are fast, edits are smooth and the UI is very intuitive.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

There are a few UI elements that you need to get used to. There some times too many features to choose from. But once you get used to, the flow is good.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto allows our organization to house over 70 brands in one place, accessible by our entire company. It provides centralized home for brand assets, imagery, video, documentation and more. Sharing specific pages and folders with our teams is very easy. Style Guides has been huge for  us as well.

  ### 45. Canto Makes Image Search Fast, Organized, and Effortless

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Lidia T. | Marketing Project Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

What I like best about Canto is that I can easily search for images I need with specific keywords. It's also very organized and easy to use!

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I think sometimes it can be confusing to explain to other individuals how to compress and download images.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto is amazing for housing our university images in one space. Our marketing team can easily share images with other departments and individuals, such as event imagery, headshots, etc.

  ### 46. I love the search engine and photo recognition features.

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Diane W. | Graphic Design Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

It’s like a search engine—Canto can find photos really quickly, which makes it easy to locate what I need.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

I’m very much a folder-structure person, and Canto can sometimes feel like a dumping ground for photos. That said, it works best when you really lean on tags and search to find what you need.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto is a real time-saver, and I love that release forms can be added and linked to each photo—it’s amazing.

  ### 47. Love Canto!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jeremy F. | Digital Media Coordinator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** November 07, 2023

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**What do you like best about Canto?**

I love the portals and the upload links feature. We recently launched Canto in our school and it has worked well so far with the ease of use.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

Sometimes the website could use better step by step instruction and guides. I wish that consumer users could upload and create their own content.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

makes it easier to distribute assets and obtain them using the upload links and portals. It is easier to find content

  ### 48. All Our Brand Resources in One Organized, User-Friendly Place

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Lindsey S. | Digital Content Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like that all of the resources I need for my company's brand can be found in one place. It is organized neatly and is very user friendly. The performance is always good and efficient, and I haven't had any issues in my time using it.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

The content on Canto is sometimes outdated, making it hard for me to use in my newer projects. I also know some team members have had trouble getting started with the site, though I haven't had that experience.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto, for me, is solving the problem of needing cross-college content that I don't always have access to or resources to gather myself. It has saved me time when trying to find images and lockups for brand visuals and marketing collateral.

  ### 49. Easy Setup, Smart AI Features, and Great Value for Money

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

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**Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

The ease of drag and dropping, the AI features. The ease of set-up, being able to sync with dropbox etc. The resources available -  Canto Academy, and the support from the team with set-up.  Based on the pricing and what is being offered, it is also great value for money, with great storage offered.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

There is nothing I dislike about Canto at this point.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Canto is helping us solve the issue of multiple partners and stakeholders requesting the same asset, and us having to always shift focus to find images, documents etc for them. On the platform, persons can access the content independently.

  ### 50. Canto Image & File Asset Management & Repository

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Tom H. | Digital Marketing Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

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**Reviewed Date:** June 01, 2026

**What do you like best about Canto?**

I like that you can create albums and folders and that you can define images with tags, keywords, descriptions, etc.

**What do you dislike about Canto?**

sometimes it is a little difficult to organize images within an album because of the drag and drop system. When you check an image to move it around, it is a little difficult to see the check mark and also if you accidentally check another image at the same time, it is not very noticeable to see the check mark.

**What problems is Canto solving and how is that benefiting you?**

it is a great repository of images and the fact that it can be shared amongst many peers is awsome. Also the fact that there are so many way to control the levels of access and protect images from being used.


## Canto Discussions
  - [What types of companies does Image Relay work with?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/customers-b89808fe-6a8a-4688-8e51-7098db0ba388) - 1 comment, 2 upvotes
  - [What is Canto used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-canto-used-for) - 1 comment, 1 upvote
  - [Can you add a feature to compose a presentation in deck format or even a reel?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/33708-can-you-add-a-feature-to-compose-a-presentation-in-deck-format-or-even-a-reel) - 1 comment, 1 upvote
  - [What is the best file structure and tagging structure?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-best-file-structure-and-tagging-structure) - 1 comment, 1 upvote
  - [Will canto provide an option to connect social media](https://www.g2.com/discussions/will-canto-provide-an-option-to-connect-social-media) - 1 comment, 1 upvote

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## Canto Features
**Interface and Performance**
- Import/Export
- Organizational Interface
- Search
- File Preview
- Analytics
- Reporting/Analytics

**Data Management**
- Collection
- Cleansing
- Classification
- Access Rights
- Versioning
- Publication
- Digital Assets

**Editing**
- Photo editing
- Resizing
- Video editing
- Integration with editing tools
- Third-Party Integrations
- Collaboration Tools
- Image Editing

**Asset Management**
- File Types
- Metadata
- File Transformation
- Versioning
- Expiration
- Watermark
- Digital Rights Management
- Brand Guidelines

**Optimization**
- Data Quality
- Workflows
- Localization
- Rules-Based Workflow

**Search**
- Filtering
- Pinned search
- Auto tagging
- Suggested search

**Media Types**
- Video
- Audio
- Images

**Analytics**
- Compliance
- Performance
- Data Mapping

**Permissions**
- Content expiration
- Asset permissions
- Access requests

**Additional Functionality**
- Documentation Management
- Catalog Management
- Content Library
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Reporting & Statistics
- Categorization/Grouping
- Activity Tracking
- Content Creation
- Third-Party Integrations
- Generative AI
- Content Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Data Storage Management
- Version Control
- Master Record Management
- Multimedia Support
- Tagging
- eCommerce Management
- Data Modeling
- Online Catalog
- API
- Role-Based Permissions
- Data Import/Export
- AI Copilot
- Document Storage
- Document Management
- Workflow Management
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Image Library
- Customizable Branding
- Metadata Management
- Filtering
- Customizable Templates
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Distribution
- Customizable Categories
- Product Catalog
- Product Data Management
- File Management
- Data Synchronization
- Search/Filter
- Activity Dashboard
- Video Management
- Document Templates
- Drag & Drop
- Multi-Language

**Administration**
- Workflow Management
- User, Role, and Access Management
- Brand Portal
- Integration with Creative Software
- Integration with Marketing Software
- CMS Integration
- Document Management
- Content Management
- User Management
- Metadata Management
- Video Management
- File Management
- Configurable Workflow

**Platform**
- Customizable brand guidelines
- Collaboration
- Templates

**Agentic AI - Digital Asset Management**
- Cross-system Integration

**Agentic AI - Brand Asset Management**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Multi-step Planning
- Cross-system Integration
- Proactive Assistance
- Decision Making
- Strategic Planning

**Additional Functionality**
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Metadata Management
- Digital Asset Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Drag & Drop
- Approval Process Control
- Change Management
- Content Management
- Engagement Tracking
- Multiple Output Formats
- AI Copilot
- Project Management
- Artwork Management
- Activity Dashboard
- File Management
- Search/Filter
- Social Media Monitoring
- Fulfillment Distribution
- Alerts/Notifications
- Content Library
- Version Control
- Workflow Management
- Brand Tracking
- Data Import/Export
- Content Scheduling
- Customizable Branding
- Visual Analytics
- Single Sign On
- Reputation Management
- Compliance Management
- Campaign Management
- Competitive Analysis
- API
- Commenting/Notes
- Sentiment Analysis
- Generative AI
- Storytelling
- Content Publishing Options
- Document Classification

**Additional Functionality**
- Generative AI
- File Conversion
- Mobile App
- API
- Collaboration Tools
- Search/Filter
- Asset Sharing
- Automatic Transcription
- AI Copilot
- Asset Library
- Video Support
- File Transfer
- Asset Categorization
- Image Recognition
- Drag & Drop
- Customizable Templates
- Customizable Branding
- Tagging
- Watermarking
- Commenting/Notes
- Natural Language Processing
- Document Storage
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Version Control
- Image Library

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